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Use location data with AWS IoT Device Management to monitor and manage your IoT fleet

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This article provides an overview of how to use AWS IoT Device Management's location indexing and geoquery features to monitor and manage IoT device fleets based on location data.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • How to index device location data from AWS IoT Device Shadows
  • Using the SearchIndex API to find devices within a specified geographic radius
  • Creating fleet metrics in CloudWatch based on location queries to monitor device availability
  • Using GetBucketsAggregation API to analyze device distributions by type and location
  • A walkthrough example for an electric vehicle charging station provider
  • Conclusion and cleanup steps
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